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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2013-03-05 22:26:55 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2013-03-05 22:26:55 -0800
commit047658249dd5067cb4366659f037d5f75a955707 (patch)
treed7825e059be7b454963f9c7fb4fedc8c0584d761 /INSTALL
parent394679ff6b510a2d8f89b1dfb2cf9370a0cc2b1f (diff)
Mention GZIP_PROG in INSTALL.
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@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set.
path variables - `bindir' and `libexecdir'.
The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
-GNU software; the following variable is specific to Emacs.
+GNU software; the following variables are specific to Emacs.
`archlibdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects the executable
files and other architecture-dependent data it uses while
@@ -664,6 +664,10 @@ GNU software; the following variable is specific to Emacs.
see), is `/usr/local/libexec/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
(where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
+`GZIP_PROG' is the name of the executable that compresses installed info,
+ manual, and .el files. It defaults to gzip. Setting it to
+ the empty string suppresses compression.
+
Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
emacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you